FORTRAN is an acronym for FORmula TRANslator, the first high-level programming language. FORTRAN was developed by John Backus and colleagues at the IBM Corporation beginning in 1954. The first issue of FORTRAN was in 1957. FORTRAN version 66 was the...

Fortran (previously FORTRAN[1]) is a general-purpose[2], procedural,[3] imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing. Originally developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering...

One of the most prestigious prizes in computing, the $100,000 Turing Award, went to a woman Wednesday for the first time in the award's 40-year history.Frances E. Allen, 75, was honored for her work at IBM Corp. on techniques for optimizing the performance of compilers,...

John BackusJohn Backus, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, died Saturday. He was 82.Backus died in Ashland, Ore., according to IBM Corp., where he spent his career.Prior to...

Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson outlived her husband, Lyndon, by more than 35 years, expanding on her White House efforts to carve her own legacy as an environmentalist.When she died July 11 at age 94, she left behind countless miles of scenic highways across...